Directions: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual and provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?
Questions to consider as you do your research:
Who was Cesar Chavez? What was his background?
What events/developments influenced his decision to establish United Farm Workers?
What were the goals of this organization?
What strategies did Chavez use to achieve his goals?
Was he successful?
What were his views on immigration?
How do you think Chavez would define the meaning of equality in the U.S.?
Directions: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual and provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?
Questions to consider as you do your research:
Resources
- Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840167,00.html
- Cesar Chavez Foundation:
- Cesar Chavez Foundation: Article on Grape Strike:
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/_page.php?code=001016000000000&page_ttl=Against+All+Odds&kind=1